Wake is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Brian Wake Brian Wake (born 13 August 1982) is an English former Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), striker. He is currently works as a youth coach at Viborg FF, Viborg. Playing career Wake's notable contribu ...

(born 1982), English footballer * Bronwyn Wake, Australian scientist *

Cameron Wake Derek Cameron Wake (born January 30, 1982) is a former American football defensive end and outside linebacker. He played college football for Penn State University, and was signed by the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent in 2005. Wake ...

(born 1982), American football linebacker * David B. Wake (1936–2021), American biologist and herpetologist *

Harry Wake Henry Williamson Wake (born 21 January 1901 — 1981) was an English people, English professional footballer. He is most famous for playing for Cardiff City F.C., Cardiff City in the 1925 FA Cup Final and being part of the team that won the 1927 ...

(1901–1981), English footballer *

Hereward the Wake Hereward the Wake (Traditional pronunciation /ˈhɛ.rɛ.ward/, modern pronunciation /ˈhɛ.rɪ.wəd/) (1035 – 1072) (also known as Hereward the Outlaw or Hereward the Exile) was an Anglo-Saxon nobleman and a leader of local resista ...

(born 1035), 11th-century Anglo-Saxon leader *

Sir Hereward Wake, 13th Baronet Major-general (United Kingdom), Major-general Sir Hereward Wake, 13th Baronet, (11 February 1876 – 4 August 1963) was a British Army officer. Born into an historic and noble family, he joined the King's Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC) as a second li ...

(1876-1963), British Army general *

Sir Hereward Wake, 14th Baronet Major Sir Hereward Wake, 14th Baronet, MC (7 October 1916 – 11 December 2017) was a British Army officer and countryman, he was educated at Sandroyd School and Eton College. Wounded in World War II while serving as a major in the King's Royal Ri ...

(1916–2017), British Army officer and countryman *

Isaac Wake Sir Isaac Wake (1580/81 – 1632Vivienne Larminie‘Wake, Sir Isaac (1580/81–1632)’ ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004. Retrieved 10 November 2008) was an English diplomat and political commentator. He ...

(1580–1632), English diplomat and political commentator * Jenny Wake, New Zealand actor and theatre director *

John Wake John Wake (born 13 February 1953) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler who played for Bedfordshire. He was born in Hexham, Northumberland. Attended Bothal CS School and Ashington GS and played c ...

(born 1953), English cricketer *

Jehanne Wake Jehanne Deirdre Alexandra Wake (née Williams) is a British biographer, historian and archivist. She has written critically acclaimed biographies of Princess Louise, the sixth child of Queen Victoria, and of the four early American Caton sister ...

(born 1966), British biographer *

Joan Wake Joan Wake CBE (29 February 1884 – 15 January 1974) is best known as a historian who led a successful campaign to save Delapré Abbey from destruction. Background Joan Wake was born at Courteenhall, a daughter of Sir Hereward Wake, the 12th ba ...

(1884–1974), British historian *

Margaret Wake, 3rd Baroness Wake of Liddell Margaret Wake, ''suo jure'' 3rd Baroness Wake of Liddell and Countess of Kent (c. 1297 – 19 September 1349), was the wife of Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, the youngest surviving son of Edward I of England and Margaret of France.Marsh ...

(1297–1349), wife of Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent *

Marvalee Wake Marvalee Hendricks Wake (born July 31, 1939) is an American zoologist and professor at the University of California, Berkeley, known for her research in the biology of caecilians (limbless amphibians) and vertebrate development and evolution. A 19 ...

(born 1939), American biologist *

Melissa Anne Wake Melissa Anne Wake MBChB MD FRACP FAHMS is a New Zealand paediatrician and Scientific Director of the Generation Victoria initiative, aiming to create very large, parallel whole-of-state birth and parent cohorts in Victoria, Australia, for Op ...

, New Zealand paediatric academic *

Nancy Wake Nancy Grace Augusta Wake, (30 August 1912 – 7 August 2011), also known as Madame Fiocca and Nancy Fiocca, was a nurse and journalist who joined the French Resistance and later the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II, and b ...

(1912–2011), New Zealand born Australian who served as a British spy during World War II *

Neil Vincent Wake Neil Vincent Wake (born July 2, 1948) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Education and career Born in Phoenix, Arizona, Wake received a Bachelor of Arts from Arizona State ...

(born 1948), United States federal judge *

Ric Wake Ric Wake is an American record producer who has won four Grammy Awards and two Oscar Awards. During his tenure as staff producer with Sony Music Entertainment he has worked with vocalists such as Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Lucero, Taylor D ...

, record producer * Robert A. Wake, 1966 champion of the Scripps National Spelling Bee *

Thomas Wake, 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell Thomas Wake, 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell (129731 May 1349), English baron, belonged to a Lincolnshire family which had lands also in Cumberland, being the son of John Wake, 1st Baron Wake of Liddell (died 1300), who was summoned to parliament as a b ...

(1297–1349), English baron *

Thomas Wake (disambiguation) Thomas Wake may refer to: * Thomas Wake, 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell (1297–1349) * Thomas Wake (MP) for Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency) * Thomas Wake (pirate), a late 17th-century privateer and pirate * A fictional character played ...

William Wake William Wake (26 January 165724 January 1737) was a priest in the Church of England and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1716 until his death in 1737. Life Wake was born in Blandford Forum, Dorset, and educated at Christ Church, Oxford. He took ...

(1657–1737), Archbishop of Canterbury *

Sir William Wake, 8th Baronet Sir William Wake, 8th Baronet (1742–1785), was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1784. Wake was the son of Sir William Wake, 7th Baronet of Courteenhall and his wife Sarah Walker of Weston, Yorkshire. He was educ ...

(1742–1785), British politician *

William Wake (cricketer) William Robert Wake (21 May 1852 – 14 March 1896) was an English amateur first-class cricketer, who played three matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1881. Born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, Wake was a right-handed batsman, who ...

(1852–1896), English amateur first-class cricketer * William Wake (governor), governor of Bombay

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